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title: "19 Purposes Life Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Purposes Life quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Purposes Life sayings and thoughts."
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> [“What the hell? Futility has its purposes in life." -- Talon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/what-the-hell-futility-has-its-purposes-in-life-talon/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God’s restorative purposes over all of life,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-davison-hunter/to-be-christian-is-to-be-obliged-to-engage-the-world-pursuing-god-s/)

[James Davison Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-davison-hunter/)

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> [You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/you-cannot-fulfil-god-s-purposes-for-your-life-while-focusing-on-your/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-moskovitz/one-of-the-purposes-of-life-and-selfishly-what-makes-people-happy-is/)

[Dustin Moskovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-moskovitz/)

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> [Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-maeterlinck/men-s-weaknesses-are-often-necessary-to-the-purposes-of-life/)

[Maurice Maeterlinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-maeterlinck/)

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> [One of God's main purposes for your life is to fill you with so much of His love that it overflows onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stormie-omartian/one-of-god-s-main-purposes-for-your-life-is-to-fill-you-with-so-much/)

[Stormie Omartian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stormie-omartian/)

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> [We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-have-to-find-our-own-purposes-in-life-which-are-not-derived/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-josephson/a-certain-formula-for-an-unhappy-life-is-pursue-someone-else-s/)

[Michael Josephson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-josephson/)

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> [“You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans. ” Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/you-cannot-fulfil-god-s-purposes-for-your-life-while-focusing-on-your-2/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [One of our primary purposes in this life is to help others. If you are unable to help someone, then please, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kreger/one-of-our-primary-purposes-in-this-life-is-to-help-others-if-you-are/)

[David Kreger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kreger/)

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> [Wen d Spirit interceded on ur behalf and u are commited 2 d purposes of Life,God is Obligated 2 act 4 your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/self/wen-d-spirit-interceded-on-ur-behalf-and-u-are-commited-2-d-purposes/)

[Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/self/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/self-13241_life_wen-d-spirit-interceded-on-ur-behalf-and_1202820.jpg)

> [You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/you-spend-so-much-of-your-life-basing-yourself-on-what-you-think/)

[Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/)

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> [Since music is so important to me, I don't need to put in any extra effort to do this; it just flows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armaan-malik/since-music-is-so-important-to-me-i-don-t-need-to-put-in-any-extra/)

[Armaan Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armaan-malik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/armaan-malik-7008_drinking-water_since-music-is-so-important-to-me-i-don_2340485.jpg)

> [I feel that we all have missions and purposes in life. Part of mine is allowing women to feel beautiful in whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-brooks/i-feel-that-we-all-have-missions-and-purposes-in-life-part-of-mine-is/)

[Danielle Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-brooks/)

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> [Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-millman/our-practices-our-most-spiritual-practices-are-hanging-laundry-on-the/)

[Dan Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-millman/)

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> [The one function that most gods seem to have in common is to give human existence some ultimate purpose - and, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-smoker/the-one-function-that-most-gods-seem-to-have-in-common-is-to-give/)

[Barbara Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-smoker/)

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> [For all the practical purposes of life, truth might as well be in a prison as in the folio of a schoolman;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/for-all-the-practical-purposes-of-life-truth-might-as-well-be-in-a/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-millman/nature-and-training-in-any-sport-or-art-can-teach-us-all-the/)

[Dan Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-millman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/dan-millman-1475_art_nature-and-training-in-any-sport-or-art_2038373.png)

> [“But at the same time there is always a transcendent aspect to the kingdom, expressed in the above sayings in which Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-a-sanford/but-at-the-same-time-there-is-always-a-transcendent-aspect-to-the/)

[John A. Sanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-a-sanford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/john-a-sanford-58911_eternal-life_but-at-the-same-time-there-is-always-a-t_968276.jpg)

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